the city is broke. i don't know how many times i have to say that. >> that's mayor binge, talking there. the documentary's directors, heidi ewing and rachel grady join us. >> morning. >> the shots of this movie are dec decaying, falling apart and in a weird way very beautiful. what was the goal? >> it was the place of great importance in the united states. that majesty is not gone. a lot of the city has been vacated, lost 20% of its population in the last ten years. we're reminded by the people and the buildings what it used to be and maybe what it could become again. >> basic services do not exist. >> they do not. new yorkers and other places take it for granted. but they have no street lights, no police officers. they have no firemen. >> no garbage pickup. >> the quality of life is really -- it's not acceptable. >> we need to understand, how did you get there? part of that is because of massive corruption in the city. you also saw significant white flight because detroit, when it became a largely blac